Author: DynamicBrain Inc.
Publication: Monthly Newsletter
Published Date: October 21, 2021

Brain speed is the signature deficit of aging, as our Dr. Merzenich explains it. This means that, if we’re slower in thinking and responding, can’t react quickly when driving, experience a lag in our hearing, or can’t follow younger people’s conversations, how fast our brain processes information has declined. Dr. Merzenich says that processing speed is a key index of our brain health. Its diagnostic value can be compared to blood pressure measurements for cardiovascular health.

The good news is that 25 scientific papers have shown that BrainHQ auditory and visual system training speeds up brain processing. On average, the training increases auditory processing speed by 135% and visual processing speed by 200%.

With this scientific knowledge in mind, do your part now and train hard with BrainHQ. If you still don’t have full access, join now.

Kind regards, Frieda Fanni President DynamicBrain Inc. DynamicBrain Inc. is the Canadian partner of Posit Science Corporation providing brain fitness program BrainHQ in English and French.

Aging more slowly
After a large international study found that the number of people over 30 with high blood pressure has doubled globally, researchers at the Australian National University (ANU) conducted a study on blood pressure and aging. Typically, we’ve thought that our brains become unhealthy because of high blood pressure later in life and that this leads to early brain “aging.” However, the team of ANU researchers found that this isn’t completely true. It starts earlier and even in people with normal blood pressure. Despite this, the team has positive news about optimal brain aging. Read what they have to say here.

A defining moment
A defining moment in human brain development is when the brain takes on all the unique properties that make us capable of abstract thought, language, and complex social interactions. The moment is triggered by a burst of synaptic growth in the prefrontal cortex. When does this occur? And what’s the molecular recipe that brings on this huge change? Yale scientists dove into these questions. See what their studies uncovered here.

Mapping brain cells
Did you know that your brain’s primary motor cortex has 116 different types of cells working together to control movement? For five years, a large group of researchers has been identifying a host of different cell types in the primary motor cortex. This has led to the recent publication of 17 studies on the topic. But it’s just the first step in a long-term project to map out the entire brain. Find out what the vision is for this atlas of brain cells here.